Prosumers: Our Model of Recovery

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ProsumersOur Model of Recovery
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Why do some people survive, and even thrive in
difficult situations?

• Ghetto conditions
• Work environments that seem unbearable
• Poor family dynamics
• Mental Illness
• Stresses of long term separation
• Stresses of combat

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Graphic courtesy of David Gobble, PhD, CHES,
Director and Professor, Fisher Institute for
Wellness and Gerontology, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN 47306
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Salutogenesis

• Derivation of Greek and Latin
• Latin salus health
• Greek genesis source
• In combination Sources of health

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Creator of Salutogenesis

• Aaron Antonovsky (1923 1994)
• Medical Sociologist
• Coined term in 1968 to capture an emerging
  concept
• Why did some manage to avoid illness and do well
  even when subjected to extreme stressors?

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Salutogensis vs. Pathogenesis
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Sense of Coherence (SOC)

• The heart of Salutogenesis
• Global construct that expresses the extent to
  which one has a pervasive, enduring though
  dynamic feeling of confidence that ones internal
  and external environments are predictable and
  that there is a high probability that things will
  work out as well as can be expected (Antonovsky,
  1979)

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Foundation in Salutogenesis

• Cognitive psychology
• Wellness movement
• Psychoneuroimmunology
• Systems theory
• Quantum theory and Chaos theory
• Biopsychosocial model of health/disease
• Positive Psychology
• Prosumer Program

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Stressors May be Either Positive or Negative

• Eustress positive experiences that promote
  well-being
• Distress those experiences that cause some type
  of harm
• Stressors are always present salutogenesis is
  concerned with the type, amount, and coping
  resources of the individual

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Sense of Coherence (SOC) Cognitive and Emotional
Appraisal

• Your world is understandable
• (Comprehensible)
• Your world is manageable
• (Manageability)
• Your world has meaning
• (Meaningfulness)

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Comprehensibility

• This means that whatever happens to a person,
  he/she is able to make sense of it and understand
  it.
• The person believes that he or she is able to
  influence the course of events.

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Comprehensibility

• A Prosumers is someone who understands
• his/her symptoms and knows that he/she
• can modulate them.
• A Prosumer does not have to accept what
• has been handed him/her and he/she can
• change his/her life given that
• RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE!

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Manageability

• This means that either the resources are
  available to you to meet the demands presented by
  the challenges or you have the a way to find
  them.
• Based on the individual's expectation that it is
  normal and beneficial for life to change

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Manageability

• Prosumers help each other find the resources that
  are needed to live in the world. You can hear it
  in the conversations at our Prosumer lunches.
• The Prosumer group encourages positive
  risk-taking/positive choices, and embraces change
  as beneficial for our lives.

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Meaningfulness

• This involves having a sense of meaning in the
• important areas of ones life or recognizing
• these demands are challenges, worthy of
• investment and engagement.
• Embracing a curiosity and sense of
• meaningfulness for life.

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Components of Meaning

• Purpose
• Goals
• Future fulfillment
• Values
• Justify course of action
• Moral decision making

• Efficacy
• You can make a difference
• Self worth
• Skills
• Belonging to groups you value

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Meaningfulness

• The Prosumer emphasis on volunteering encourages
  giving to others creating a sense of
  meaningfulness for life and skills applicable to
  developing futures.

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Salutogenisis in Action

• Lunch together builds natural supports and peer
  networking
• Two hour empowerment meeting
• Use adult learning (interactive/deduction)
  techniques
• Corporate motivational and empowerment material

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What We Cover

• Self responsibility
• Choices
• Moving from victim to full life
• How systems work and how to influence them
• The power of personal experience YOUR VOICE IS
  POWER

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Outcomes of a Salutogenic Focus?

• Positive family and community experiences
• Individual commitment to growth and effort
• Experiencing RECOVERY AS POSSIBLE!

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What do You See?How do You Respond?
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We Define What we See

• But, what causes us to see things?
• Physiology
• (What our eyes do)
• Cognition
• (What our minds tell us)
• Bias/world view
• (What experience tells us)

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Cognition, Salutogenesis and the Prosumers Program

• We can change cognition
• We can change reality (experiences)
• We need to do both to maximize growth,
  salutogensis and recovery

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Graphic courtesy of David Gobble, PhD, CHES,
Director and Professor, Fisher Institute for
Wellness and Gerontology, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN 47306
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Prosumers in Action

• By choosing our focus, we can affect our lives.
• By creating meaning in our lives, we can affect
  our place in the world.
• By understanding that the power of recovery
  resides in each of us, we can make it happen,
  because
• RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE!!

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Graphic courtesy of David Gobble, PhD, CHES,
Director and Professor, Fisher Institute for
Wellness and Gerontology, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN 47306
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Indicators of Movement toward Salutogenesis

• Persistent presence of a support network
• Chronic positive expectations tendency to frame
  events in a constructive light
• Tendency to adapt to changing conditions
• Rapid response/recovery due to repeated challenges

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Indicators of Movement toward Salutogenesis

• Increased appetite for physical activity
• Episodic peak experiences
• Sense of spiritual involvement
• Increased sensitivity

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Indicators of Movement toward Salutogenesis

• Tendency to identify and communicate feelings
• Repeated episodes of gratitude, generosity and
  related emotions
• Compulsion to contribute to society
• Persistent sense of humor

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RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE!
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References

• Aaron Antonovsky, Unraveling the mystery of
  health. How people manage stress and stay well.
• David Gobble, PhD, CHES Salutogenesis
  Understanding the origins of health and
  wellness.
• Bengt Lindstrom Monica Eriksson
  Salutogenesis, and Contextualizing
  salutogenesis and Antonovsky in public health
  development.

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With Special Thanks to

• Salutogenisis Understanding The Origins of
  Health and Wellness
• Presented By
• David Gobble, PhD, CHES
• Director and Professor
• Fisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology
• Ball State University
• Muncie, IN 47306
• 765-285-8259
• DGOBBLE_at_BSU.EDU